Hidden business costs
Free tools for business process improvement
Estimate hidden workflow costs in minutes. No signup required for basic use.
- No account needed for the free insight step
- Estimates for process discussion — not accounting or legal advice
- Focused on everyday business-process waste, not tax calculators
Business cost tools
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Approval workflow cost calculator
Estimate approval labor load and improvement potential from stages, time, and hourly cost.
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Handover & Key-Person Risk Cost Calculator
Estimate handover hours, ramp-up productivity loss, and where knowledge is concentrated.
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Rework Cost Calculator
Estimate labor lost to redo loops, returned work, and clarification cycles.
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Quote Preparation Cost Calculator
Estimate preparation and approval labor for recurring sales quotations.
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Spreadsheet Reconciliation Cost Calculator
Estimate transfer, matching, and correction labor around spreadsheets and exported data.
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Global Trade Profit Navigator
Estimate landed cost and contribution profit from your logistics, duty/VAT inputs, and selling fees.
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International Pricing & Margin Calculator
Reverse-calculate the selling price you need to protect your target margin after percentage and fixed selling fees.
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Global Market Entry Navigator
Compare candidate countries for international expansion using World Bank indicators and your margin assumptions.
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Import Duty / VAT / GST Explorer
Look up WITS tariff references and estimate generic duty and VAT/GST for an HS6 trade scenario.
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FX & Currency Risk Calculator
Estimate how FX moves affect profit and margin, and find break-even exchange rates.
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Marketplace Profit Comparator
Compare unit profit and margin across up to three selling channels using your fee and return assumptions.
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EU Business Compliance Navigator
Multi-regulation EU applicability screener with key dates, official sources, and deep links to CRA, EUDR, and battery passport tools.
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CRA Deadline Navigator
Cyber Resilience Act scope check plus indicative vulnerability and severe-incident reporting deadlines.
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EUDR Deadline Checker
Deforestation regulation (EUDR) deadline pathways for operators, traders, and importers by commodity and size.
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Digital Product Passport Checker
Battery passport (ESPR Art. 77) timeline and data-gap screening for products placed on the EU market.
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German E-Invoice Checker
Navigate German domestic B2B e-invoice issuer and recipient phases.
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CBAM Portfolio Navigator
Screen multi-row CBAM tonnage and emissions-data exposure without HS classification claims.
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PPWR Compliance Checker
Screen PPWR role, packaging level, material, and timeline status.
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EU VAT OSS/IOSS Checker
Conservative route screening for Union OSS, Non-Union OSS, IOSS, and local registration pathways.
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ViDA Readiness Navigator
Map ViDA 2027–2035 phases and e-invoicing / digital reporting readiness.
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EU VAT Registration Burden Calculator
Illustrative operational estimate of registrations, filings, and admin burden.
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EU Pay Transparency Checker
Screen Directive (EU) 2023/970 headcount bands, first deadlines, and cadence under the EU baseline.
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Gender Pay Gap Calculator
Calculate mean, median, variable, and quartile gender pay gaps locally in your browser.
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EU 5% Pay Gap Checker
Screen Art. 10-style ≥5% category gaps and potential joint pay assessment pathways.
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Pay Transparency Readiness Checker
Check operational readiness of sex-disaggregated pay reporting data.
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EU Data Act Checker
Scope navigator for connected products, B2B sharing, unfair terms, public-sector access, cloud switching, and interoperability.
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EU Cloud Switching Readiness
Flagship exit-readiness screen with 12 January 2027 switching-charge context.
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Cloud Switching Cost Calculator
Operational estimate of current switch cost, a January 2027 scenario, and illustrative savings.
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SaaS Data Export Readiness
Export-path readiness screen for SaaS and data processing services.
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Cloud Exit Plan Generator
Session-only T-90, T-60, T-30, T-7, cutover, and post-cutover checklist.
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Right to Repair business scope
Screen a role and an Annex II product family against the 31 July 2026 application date. National statutes are not filled in.
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Repair service readiness
Score intake, parts, workflow, network, support, privacy, and warranty handling. This is not a legal audit.
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Repair versus replace cost
Compare a repair policy with replacement. Sale price is context and is not a legal minimum cost.
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Warranty extension impact
Estimate extra cases when choosing repair extends coverage. A financial planning figure, not accounting or legal advice.
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Spare parts and repair capacity
Plan monthly repairs, parts demand, and utilisation. This is not a legally required stock level.
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EU Forced Labour Regulation checker
Screen a market pathway under Regulation (EU) 2024/3015. This is not a finding that a supplier uses forced labour.
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Supply-chain readiness
Operational preparation only. A missing item is an evidence gap, not an allegation.
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Evidence gap check
Aggregate counts only. No supplier name is required or stored.
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Response readiness
Prepare for questions. This does not mean an investigation exists.
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Supplier mapping effort
Operational planning estimate only. It is not a due diligence report.
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EU battery due diligence checker
Screen a role, battery category, and Annex X material against the 18 August 2027 due diligence date. This is not a compliance verdict.
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Battery supply-chain readiness
Score governance, traceability, risk, mitigation, evidence, verification, and reporting readiness. Not an audit.
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Battery raw material traceability
Estimate coverage of mapped suppliers, origin, smelter or refiner information, and evidence age. No supplier names.
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Battery verification requirements
Check whether records are ready for a later third-party review. This tool does not verify, certify, or approve a company.
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Battery due diligence cost
Operational planning estimate for the August 2027 battery regulation. It is not a legal fee or a tax.
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EU machinery regulation checker
Screen roles and products against Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. Main application 20 January 2027. Chapter VI since 19 July 2023.
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Machinery conformity assessment checker
Article 25 screen for possible internal control or a notified-body path. Not a final classification.
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Machinery technical file readiness
Readiness checklist for the Annex IV file. No upload.
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Digital machinery instructions checker
Check online lifetime access, ten years, print, download and paper on request.
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Machinery regulation transition cost
Planning estimate for the move to Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. Not a fee.
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Substantial modification checker
Screen a change against the substantial-modification definition. Not a final status.
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EU waste shipment checker
Screen a shipment against Regulation (EU) 2024/1157. Dates differ: 21 May 2026, 21 November 2026 and 21 May 2027.
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Waste PIC procedure checker
Screen prior informed consent, general information, or a possible export restriction. Not a customs classification.
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Plastic waste export deadline
B3011 recovery exports to non-OECD countries are prohibited from 21 November 2026. The date is not a ban on every waste stream.
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Waste export facility audit readiness
Checklist for Articles 46 and 47 evidence from 21 May 2027. It does not call a facility compliant.
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DIWASS readiness checker
Operational checklist for the Article 27 electronic system. Not a filing and not an approval.
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Waste shipment cost calculator
Annual planning estimate for staff time, audit and admin. Not a fee or a legal quote.
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ESPR business checker
Screen a role and product against the ESPR framework. Product rules wait for a delegated act.
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Ecodesign readiness checker
Framework preparation checklist. It is not a binding product requirement and not a compliance claim.
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Unsold goods destruction checker
Article 25 screen for Annex VII clothing and footwear from 19 July 2026. Not a disposal authorisation.
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ESPR product data readiness
Prepare future product information. Not every field is mandatory for every product.
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ESPR transition cost
Planning estimate for data, documentation and systems. Not a fee.
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ESPR product priority timeline
Working-plan priorities from COM(2025) 187. Indicative years are not binding dates.
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EU product liability checker
Screen a role and product against Directive (EU) 2024/2853. The corrected boundary is after 8 December 2026.
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Economic operator pathways
Which supply-chain pathways may matter. This is not a finding on any person.
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Evidence readiness
Design, software, safety and post-market records. This is not a defect finding.
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Software and AI readiness
Commercial software, updates and vulnerabilities. Legal tests for other acts stay separate.
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Modification and refurbishment
Screen a change made after the first placement. This does not decide a final status.
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Response cost planning
Incident and response planning only. This is not a prediction of court awards.
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GPSR incident response
Sort an accident, complaint or suspected issue under Regulation (EU) 2023/988. Timing stays without undue delay.
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Safety Business Gateway readiness
Prepare facts before an official notice. BizNavi does not file it.
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Product recall readiness
Traceability, reach, logistics and remedies. No channel is marked legally sufficient.
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Recall consumer reach
Estimate how many buyers a file can reach. Identities stay on your side.
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Product recall cost
Operational planning for notice, logistics, remedy and support. Not a penalty forecast.
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Product traceability gaps
See which missing records would slow a recall. Identifiers are not stored.
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F-gas scope
Screen whether Regulation (EU) 2024/573 may matter.
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F-gas equipment ban
Screen Annex IV equipment prohibitions.
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Refrigerant GWP transition
Show the next GWP date.
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F-gas reporting
Separate reporting from verification.
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F-gas service readiness
Service and leak-check checklist.
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F-gas transition cost
Planning cost for a fleet transition.
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F-gas certification readiness
Training and certificate records checklist.
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CRA reportable event
Screen whether an Article 14 path may exist.
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CRA reporting deadline
Calculate 24 hours, 72 hours and the final report.
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CRA early warning readiness
Early warning checklist for the Single Reporting Platform.
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CRA 72-hour readiness
72-hour notification checklist.
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CRA final report readiness
Separate final-report checklists for AEV and a severe incident.
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CRA response timeline
Internal planning beside the legal clocks.
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CRA reporting capacity
Planning hours for reporting work.
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CRA third-party component
Screen a component without closing the manufacturer's review.
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Green transition scope screen
Check whether a consumer sale may sit under Directive (EU) 2024/825.
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Green practice screen
Structured check of listed environmental and early-obsolescence practices.
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Durability and repair information
Point-of-sale checklist for durability, repair, and update information.
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Legal and commercial guarantee navigator
Separate the statutory guarantee from a voluntary durability guarantee.
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Harmonised notice and label readiness
Readiness for the official notice and durability label without copying the artwork.
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EU market transposition
See whether the national implementing text is loaded for a Member State.
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EU AI Act role screen
Classify a likely role from structured answers. This is not a legal determination.
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Article 50 applicability
See whether Article 50 transparency duties may apply. This is not a conformity verdict.
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AI interaction disclosure
Check whether users are told they are dealing with an AI system.
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AI content marking readiness
Check machine-readable marking readiness. A visible label alone is not enough.
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Deepfake and public-interest disclosure
Check deployer disclosure for deepfakes and public-interest text.
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AI Act transparency timeline
Show transparency dates and high-risk dates on separate tracks.
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PPWR operator role
Classify a likely packaging role under Regulation (EU) 2025/40. This is not a legal determination.
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PPWR packaging scope
Check whether a packaging activity is likely inside the PPWR. No exemption is invented.
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Food-contact PFAS readiness
Screen Article 5 evidence categories without storing laboratory numbers.
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PPWR labelling planner
Plan material marks and digital carriers without treating a QR code as automatic compliance.
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PPWR reuse and refill
See whether a reuse system is a current question or a later 2030 target.
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PPWR timeline
Show application, labelling, and later percentage duties on separate dates.
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DPP registry readiness
Check registry prerequisites without submitting a passport.
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DPP identifier planner
Plan identifier categories without issuing an official code.
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DPP data carrier
Check linkage and persistence without treating a QR code as a filing.
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DPP hosting and access
Check decentralised hosting, access, backup, and handover.
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DPP submission checklist
Review categories before a registry step without claiming a filing.
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DPP timeline
Keep the registry, battery, and pending product tracks apart.
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Voluntary sustainability scope
Check 1000 employees, mandatory-scope status, and a voluntary or customer-bank context.
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Value-chain cap checker
Separate the up-to-10 and over-10 bands, and keep unrelated legal requests outside the cap.
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Basic module readiness
Checklist the basic module categories without treating the comprehensive module as filed.
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Sustainability data gaps
Mark energy, pollution, biodiversity, water, circularity, workforce, health and safety, and pay categories.
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Sustainability request planner
Turn a categorical request into within the standard, above the cap, not applicable, or review. Do not paste the request.
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Sustainability timeline
Keep the regulation in force, the 2027 financial-year cap, and voluntary reporting on separate tracks.
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Accessibility scope
Check a listed service or product without issuing a conformity certificate.
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Service microenterprise check
A microenterprise providing services may be exempt. Covered products are not exempted automatically.
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E-commerce accessibility
Check information, identification, authentication, payment, support, and service accessibility.
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Product accessibility gaps
Cover computers, smartphones, e-readers, payment or self-service terminals, and television access equipment.
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Alteration and burden screen
Ask only whether fundamental alteration or disproportionate burden review may matter.
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Accessibility timeline
Keep 2025-06-28, 2030-06-28, and the terminal useful-life rule on separate tracks.
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Pay transparency scope
Screen an employer, applicant, or worker without guessing national law.
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Recruitment pay readiness
Check pay or range information, the history bar, and neutral wording.
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Worker information requests
Check individual information, category averages, the annual notice, and the response path.
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Gender pay reporting dates
Separate 250 or more, 150 to 249, 100 to 149, and under 100.
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Joint pay assessment screen
A review is relevant only when reporting, a category gap of at least 5 percent, a missing justification, and a missing six-month remedy are all indicated.
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Pay transparency timeline
Keep transposition, the 2027 report, and the 2031 report apart.
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CBAM scope
Screen cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, or hydrogen.
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50 tonne threshold
Compare an annual cumulative net-mass band for four sectors.
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Authorised declarant
Check importer or indirect representative, registration status, authorisation, registry, and the evidence workflow.
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Emissions evidence
Check actual or default data, installation evidence, verification, and carbon-price evidence.
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Certificate plan
Show quarterly publication, the purchase opening, and the 2027 surrender cycle.
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CBAM timeline
Keep the definitive start, certificate sales, and the first surrender apart.
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Destruction ban scope
Screen apparel, clothing accessories, and footwear by enterprise size.
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Derogation screen
Screen health, damage, unfitness, a refused donation, unsuitable reuse, counterfeit, or the least-negative option.
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Alternative actions
Plan resale, redistribution, donation, repair, refurbishment, reuse, remanufacturing, recycling, or other lawful handling.
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Disclosure readiness
Check count or weight, reasons, derogation category, treatment proportions, and prevention.
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Record readiness
Check product category, decision reason, derogation evidence, destination, prevention, and the reporting period.
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Unsold product timeline
Keep the large-enterprise ban, the disclosure format, and the medium-enterprise ban apart.
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Digital-element product scope
Check whether a product with digital elements is likely in scope under Regulation (EU) 2024/2847.
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Remote processing in product scope
Check whether remote data processing is part of the product because functionality depends on it.
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Post-market change screen
Check whether a later software or hardware change may be a substantial modification, without certifying it.
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Support-period readiness
Check expected use, security updates, vulnerability handling, user communication, and end-of-support planning.
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Open-source role screen
Separate a likely manufacturer, an open-source steward, and a non-commercial context without a blanket exemption.
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Product lifecycle timeline
Keep 2026-06-11, 2026-09-11, and 2027-12-11 apart, and open reporting operations by link.
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Data processing service scope
Check whether a service is likely a data processing service in a cloud-switching context under Regulation (EU) 2023/2854.
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Switching contract readiness
Check the switch right, a notice of at most 2 months, a transition of at most 30 days, exportable categories, internal exclusions, and retrieval of at least 30 days.
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Export and portability readiness
Check exportable data and digital assets, a commonly used machine-readable export, and a destination or on-premises option.
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Application switching readiness
Check an open interface, export, interoperability, and whether switching obstacles have been removed.
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Functional equivalence readiness
Check measures that support a materially comparable outcome when switching to the same service type, without certification.
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Switching charge timeline
Keep 2025-09-12 and 2027-01-12 apart, and keep service fees, early termination penalties, and switching charges distinct.
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EUDR commodity scope
See whether a listed commodity placed on the EU market or exported is likely in scope.
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EUDR role and obligations
Map a role to due diligence, a simplified declaration, registration, or record keeping.
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EUDR application dates
Pick 2026-12-30, 2027-06-30, or 2027-12-30 without inventing another date.
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EUDR due diligence readiness
Check whether the due diligence evidence categories are present.
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EUDR evidence gaps
List only the missing evidence categories, with no names and no files.
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EUDR Information System plan
Order the Information System workflow and mark an unclear role for review.
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Battery passport scope
See whether an LMT, industrial above 2 kWh, or EV battery needs a passport.
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Battery passport readiness
Check bounded passport categories without claiming technical certification.
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Battery access planner
Sort passport information by public, authority, or legitimate-interest access.
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Battery due-diligence scope
Screen the 2027-08-18 due-diligence path without inventing an exemption.
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Battery due-diligence readiness
Check policy, controls, risk, verification, and retention as bounded categories.
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Batteries regulation timeline
Show 2027-02-18 and 2027-08-18, and leave other dates pending.
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Product scope
See if a market action makes a product likely in scope.
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Market action
Name placement, availability, export, or more than one.
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Risk readiness
Check preparedness categories without a free-labour claim.
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Investigation response
Prepare for an authority request without promising the result.
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Evidence gaps
List only the missing evidence categories.
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2027 timeline
Use 2027-12-14 and no other statutory date.
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Machinery regulation scope checker
First scope screen for the 2027-01-20 application date.
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Machinery economic operator role checker
Bounded role screen without legal certification.
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Annex I conformity route screener
Does not invent Annex I categories or a final route.
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Machinery cyber-safety and software readiness
Readiness only. No source code is stored.
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Digital instructions and documentation readiness
No manuals or technical files are stored.
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Machinery regulation transition planner
One milestone only. No invented dates.
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PLD product scope checker
Complete facts can show likely in scope, likely out of scope, a legacy framework review, a required review, or a national-law check.
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PLD economic operator role mapper
A known EU manufacturer can be a primary role. Other listed operators are a potential pathway. A distributor or platform stays a secondary review.
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PLD software and AI exposure checker
Updates or learning behaviour open an update and change review. A complete commercial product without those signals can be likely in scope. Anything unknown stays in review.
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PLD substantial modification checker
No material signal, a substantial modification review, a potential manufacturer-treatment review, or a specialist review. Never a final liability label.
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PLD evidence readiness checker
All located records can be ready. A missing record is an evidence gap. A missing owner or handling step is an action. Unknown location is a specialist review.
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PLD 2026 transition planner
On track needs every step, including a completed national check. A missing record is an evidence gap. A missing plan is an action. An unknown step is a specialist review.
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CPR-2024 framework checker
A confirmed family can show a 2024 review, a 2011 review, a transition review, likely out of scope, or a required review.
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Construction economic operator checker
A single known role shows its duty group. Several roles show a multiple-role result. Unknown facts stay in review.
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Declaration of performance readiness
Located records can be ready. A missing record is an evidence gap. An unknown route is an assessment-route review. Unknown environmental applicability is a specialist review.
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Construction DPP readiness
If the product-specific act is not fixed and records are still open, the result is preparation. If the act is not fixed and records are located, the result stays pending. A fixed act with a missing record is an evidence gap. Unknown facts stay in review.
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CPR online sale readiness
Missing CE, label, declaration, safety, or interface facts are an evidence gap. A passport that is not yet applicable is an offer review. A missing carrier while the duty is unclear stays pending. Neither an online offer nor a distance sale stays in review.
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CPR-2024 transition planner
Confirmed steps can be on track. An unconfirmed family or specification is a transition review. An unfixed passport step is a pending act. Missing declaration, environment, or traceability is an evidence gap. A missing plan step is an action. An unknown working step is a specialist review.
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Right to Repair product scope
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for Right to Repair product scope. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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Manufacturer repair obligation screen
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for Manufacturer repair obligation screen. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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Spare-part and repair access readiness
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for Spare-part and repair access readiness. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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European Repair Information Form planner
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for European Repair Information Form planner. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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Repair or replacement workflow
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for Repair or replacement workflow. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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Right to Repair transition planner
This screen applies only the approved operational facts for Right to Repair transition planner. Unknown coverage stays a product-specific review, and unverified national implementation stays a national-law check.
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F-gas equipment market screen
This screen for F-gas equipment market screen uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
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F-gas servicing restriction screen
This screen for F-gas servicing restriction screen uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
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F-gas certification scope screen
This screen for F-gas certification scope screen uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
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F-gas Portal role screen
This screen for F-gas Portal role screen uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
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F-gas label and reporting readiness
This screen for F-gas label and reporting readiness uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
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F-gas transition planner
This screen for F-gas transition planner uses only the approved operational facts. Unknown inputs stay a review.
PDF / document tools
Private, browser-side PDF utilities. Files are processed locally for conversion.
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Merge PDF
Combine multiple PDF files into one document, in the order you choose.
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Split PDF
Extract pages or ranges into separate PDF files.
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Reorder / delete pages
Change page order or remove pages from a PDF.
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Image to PDF
Turn images into a single PDF document.
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PDF to image
Export PDF pages as image files.
CSV / data tools
Browser-side CSV utilities. Files are processed locally for merge and related tasks.
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Merge CSV
Combine multiple CSV files into one, with same or union columns.
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Remove Duplicates
Remove duplicate rows from a CSV by entire row or selected columns.
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Column Compare
Compare one key column from two CSVs: only in A, in both, or only in B.
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CSV Diff
Compare OLD and NEW CSVs by key: added, removed, changed, and unchanged rows.
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Encoding Converter
Convert CSV between UTF-8, UTF-8 BOM, and Shift_JIS / CP932.
Image tools
Browser-side image utilities. Compression stays on your device.
Document Utility
Browser-side QR and text helpers. Content stays on your device.
Text Utility
Browser-side text comparison and cleanup helpers. Content stays on your device.
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Text Diff Checker
Compare two texts and highlight added or removed lines.
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Remove Duplicate Lines
Deduplicate lines in a list or block of text.
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Sort Lines
Sort lines alphabetically or numerically, ascending or descending.
Coming soon
Case Converter
Change letter case for selected text.
This tool is planned and not linkable yet.
Coming soon
Text Cleanup
Trim and normalize everyday text clutter.
This tool is planned and not linkable yet.
Outputs depend on your inputs and are directional estimates only.